[Anonymous]

BEC has quite a bit of calculations ranging from ratios to currency exchange, inventory costing, and cost of credit, etc.

How much more intensive would you say FAR is compared to BEC on calculations? For example was FAR easier to study for because the calculations were simpler, or was it more difficult than BEC because there was much more to learn?

Just interested in any insight and feedback from those who have been there. Thanks

[Mike J]

In terms of the calculations/formulas, I'd say FAR is easier. For the most part, you can use journal entries to derive the answer (solve for x).

BUT I found BEC easier in the sense that it feels like more of what happens in the real world (eg budgeting, incremental analyses, variance formulas, inventory stuff like equivalent finished units, etc).

[Noche]

For me, FAR calculations were much harder than BEC. Not because of the difficulty of each calculation, but due to the immense amount of different problems and methods you needed to learn. Also, I was more easily able to retain information from college for BEC questions compared to FAR questions. I agree with the poster before me about the real world.

REG 80 [07/27/2015]
BEC 84 [11/25/2015]
AUD XX [02/01/2016]
FAR XX [05/30/2016]

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